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Bomb threat prompts backpack ban at Wellington High School

A bomb threat written on a bathroom wall leads to a ban on backpacks at Wellington High School in Florida.

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Updated: 10:28 AM EDT May 24, 2013

Bomb threat prompts backpack ban at Wellington High School

A bomb threat written on a bathroom wall leads to a ban on backpacks at Wellington High School in Florida.

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Updated: 10:28 AM EDT May 24, 2013

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WEBVTT WHEN WELLINGTON HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS HEAD TO CLASSTOMORROW MORNING THEY NEED TOMAKE SURE THEY KEEP THEIRBACKPACKS AT HOME. THEREASON...A BOMB THREAT.ANGELA ROZIER JOINS US LIVEOUTSIDE THE SCHOOL TO EXPLAIN.ANGELA?SCHOOL BACKPACKS AND LARGEPURSES OR BAGS.ALL A NO GOBECAUSE SOMEONE LEFT A MESSAGEON A BATHROOM WALL HERE AT THESCHOOL THREATENING TO BLOW UPTHE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY MAY 24TH.<Nats>SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORSTELL US THEY DON'T BELEIVE THEALLEGED THREAT HAS ANY MERITAND PARENTS WE TALKED TOAGREE. <"I don't think it'sany serious you know. I justbecause they are child andthey want to play that's allthey want to scare.">PARENTSWERE TOLDTHEIR CHILDREN WOULD BEEXCUSED IF THEY DID NOT ATTENDCLASSES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.THE SCHOOL IS IN THE MIDDLE OFCONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATIONABOUT AN ALLEGED BOMB THREATTHAT WAS WRITTEN ON A WALL INONE OF THE GIRL'S BATHROOMS.THE MESSAGE WAS FOUND LASTWEEK AND WAS SIGNED BY TWOSTUDENTS WHO CLAIMED THEYWOULD BLOW UP THE SCHOOL MAY24TH... FRIDAY.BUT DISTRICTOFFICIALS REPORT ONE OF THESTUDENTS WHO SIGNED THATMESSAGE WAS ALSO MENTIONED INANOTHER VULGAR MESSAGE WRITTENON THAT SAME WALL ABOUT TWOMONTHS AGO.<"Theadministration and principalhave done a really great jobof being able to informparents of the situation andat this time there is no realreason to believe it is acredible threat.">THEPRINCIPAL ISSUED E-MAILS TOPARENTS AFTER BOTHINCIDENTS...WHICH IN PARTSTATES...We have no reason tobelieve that the studentswhose "signatures" accompaniedthe second message are in anyway responsible for what waswritten. We believe bothmessages were intended toharass or bully the twostudents whose names were usedas signatures.<"Are youconcerned? Uhmm I mean notreally it's probably just ajoke."><"Extra police are onscene as a precautionarymeasure and again the bigthing to take away is theschool has done a great jobhandling this. There is noreason to believe there is anymerit to this and all theproper precautions have beenput into place."DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAYSTUDENTS WHO DECIDED TO STAYHOME TODAY OR TOMORROW WILL BEEXCUSED.LIVE IN WELLINGTON,ANGELA ROZIER WPBF 25 NEWS.

Bomb threat prompts backpack ban at Wellington High School

A bomb threat written on a bathroom wall leads to a ban on backpacks at Wellington High School in Florida.